The Clutter Fairy Weekly #68
Bags, Baskets, and Bins: Favorite Organizing Tools and Materials
The universe of available organizing solutions can be overwhelming. Stores that sell organizing products want to solve your stuff problem with more stuff. In episode #68 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, shares how a few carefully selected organizing products can make a world of difference in your space.
Products mentioned in this episode:
- iDesign Linus shallow-drawer organizers
- iDesign Linus pantry bins
- Slice auto-retractable box cutter
- Ikea Frakta shopping bag
- Container Store medium-size mallet
- Over-the-door shoe organizers*
- Packing cubes
- Under-shelf baskets
- Extra-large collapsible storage baskets*
- Wire mesh magazine holders
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The Weekly Tittle is an exercise designed to focus your attention on a specific space, aspect, or challenge of decluttering and organizing your home. We assign a new tittle in each webcast/podcast, then check on your progress the following week.
Put a Product to Work
This week’s assignment is to find a use for an organizing product or tool that you already have in your home.
- Look through the house for an organizing product that you bought but haven’t used anywhere yet.
- Think about the original purpose you had in mind. Will the product still work for this purpose, or did you buy it just because it was cool? If it’ll work as intended, then deploy it.
- If the product was just a cool thing that caught your attention, then take another look now with a more critical eye. What problem can it solve or what space can it improve? Use it there!
- If you don’t have a use for the product, it’s time to put it in your area for gifting, donation, or recycling.
- If you don’t have a surplus, unused organizing object, good for you! Instead, take inventory of hot spots where organizing products we’ve talked about today might solve a problem. Could your pantry or kitchen drawers use some help? What about a closet or bedroom door? Your book cases or book shelves? Consider whether any of our ideas might help you make better use of a troublesome space.
For the full discussion of this week’s tittle, watch the Weekly Tittle segment on YouTube.
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